Patients could face ‘harm’ in coming weeks – medics
Leading medics have warned that NHS patients will suffer “significant harm and trauma” in coming weeks as the service faces a “perfect storm” of pressure.
The warning comes as junior doctors in England stage the longest strike in NHS history.
NHS officials have said that the impact of the strike could be felt for weeks or months as services try to catch up on lost time due to strike action.
But a senior medic has warned that even the usual winter pressures could cause turmoil in the service.
Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said patients would be subject to “corridor care” and
